The Indiana General Assembly is still working out the schedule for the special session that Gov. Mike Braun called to begin on Nov. 3, but they know one thing: Lawmakers will not be convening at the Statehouse on Nov. 3.

Braun called the special session to heed President Donald Trump's call to redraw Indiana's congressional maps mid-decade to design more districts favorable to Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans already hold seven of Indiana's nine seats, but there's pressure from the White House to draw a map that would more likely yield nine Republican seats and zero Democratic seats on Nov. 3, 2026.

The start date declared by Braun this week kicks off a 40-calendar-day clock within which the legislature must meet, according to Indiana law . Once lawmakers

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